Excitingly, WhatsApp has just launched a browser-based service. This allows users to access the messaging service from a web browser on their Mac or PC.
This is how the service works. First, you open the Chrome web browser on your Mac or PC. A QR code image will appear. Now you open the WhatsApp app on your smartphone, and tap the 'three dots' icon; this opens a menu which includes the option 'WhatsApp Web', which you should select. A camera window now appears, which you should use to view the QR code on your Mac or PC. Within a second or two your WhatsApp messages will spring to life on the browser window.
Apple fans should restrain their excitement for the time being, because there are a couple of roadblocks for us. Number one is that the iOS WhatsApp app doesn't offer this service: it's an Android/Windows Phone/BlackBerry feature only. You'll see that there are no three dots to press on the iPhone WhatsApp, and the option doesn't appear in Settings.
Number two is that, when you download and open the Chrome browser on your iPad, then visit the web address above, the page complains that you're not using Chrome and should download it. It apparently can't or won't recognise Chrome on the iPad, even if you choose to open the desktop version of the page.
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